HB 1625 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2548
01/05
HOUSE BILL 1625
AN ACT relative to digital foot scanning at hospitals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kurk, Hills. 2
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires facilities licensed under RSA 151 which perform digital foot scanning of patients and newborns to provide patients and the parents of the newborn an opportunity to "opt out" of such procedure.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2548
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to digital foot scanning at hospitals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Digital Foot Scanning. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 12-b the following new section:
51:12-c Digital Foot Scanning. Any facility licensed under this chapter which performs digital foot scanning of patients and newborns shall provide patients and parents the opportunity to "opt out", without adverse consequences, of such procedure. Such an opportunity shall be provided in a clear and conspicuous manner, including, but not limited to, simple opt out language in a font and size easily readable by the average adult reader so that the individual may make his or her decision known.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 31, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 22, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 22, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 13
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 19-0; CC)
Feb. 22, 2018: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 02/22/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 7 P. 10
Jan. 31, 2018: Executive Session: 01/31/2018 LOB 205
Jan. 30, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/30/2018 11:00 AM LOB 205
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 18